New York Times News Service
FICTION Last week/Weeks on list
1. Cross, 1/2
by James Patterson
2. For One More Day, 2/9
by Mitch Albom
3. Dear John, 3/4
by Nicholas Sparks
4. The Shape Shifter, —/1
by Tony Hillerman
5. Nature Girl, 4/2
by Carl Hiassen
6. Lisey's Story, 7/5
by Stephen King
7. Wild Fire, 5/3
by Nelson DeMille
8. Santa Cruise, 8/2
by Mary Higgins Clark
and Carl Higgins Clark
9. The Collectors, 9/6
by David Baldacci
10. Born in Death, 6/3
by J.D. Robb
NONFICTION
1. The Innocent Man, 2/7
by John Grisham
2. The Audacity of Hope, 1/6
by Barack Obama
3. Culture Warrior, 3/9
by Bill O'Reilly
4. Marly and Me, 5/58
by John Gorgan
5. The God Delusion, 4/10
by Richard Dawkins
6. I Feel Bad About My Neck, 6/17
by Nora Ephron
7. The Mr. and Mrs. Happy 8/6
Handbook,
by Steve Doocy
8. State of Denial, 7/9
by Bob Woodward
9. Thunderstruck, 9/5
by Erik Larson
10. I Like You, 10/6
by Amy Sedaris
ADVICE, HOW-TO
AND MISCELLANEOUS
1. You: On a Diet, 1/4
by Michael Roizen
and Mehmet Oz, et al.
2. Barefoot Contessa at Home, 2/5
by Ina Garten
3. Joy of Cooking, 3/2
by Irma S. Rombauer,
Marion Rombauer Becker
and Ethan Becker
4. Guinness World 4/11
Records 2007,
5. Paula Deen Celebrates!, 5/7
by Paula Deen
with Martha Nesbit
Rankings reflect sales figures at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent sales in all such outlets nationwide. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above.